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I have a smoked porter in secondary and I don't really like it, here's why: Recipe SG: 1.064 / My SG: 1.060 Supposed to yield 6 Liters / Yielded 9 liters (yeah i know.. small BIAB batches) I just tasted it and it does taste smokelly good, but also watery and...

I'm bottling now, a ginger beer. I thought I had 1.5 gallon of beer in the carboy, so I added 1.5 oz of dextrose. But instead, I have 1 gallon of beer! That means bottle bombs, right? Can I add finished beer to the bucket to make 1.5 gallon?

I'm brewing my third all-grain batch using BIAB method and I always notice some kind of mud at the bottom of my fermenter. What is it? Is it normal? It's not yeast as my yeast is currently floating on top of my beer! Picture below: PS: On the picture, it's a Ginger Beer 24hr after...

Feel free to comments my first AG batch! On feb. 13 2010, I brewed a Peach wit: Jimmy Carter's Peach wit 6 litres batch 8 litres water before boil. 1.5lb 2-row malt 0.9 lb wheat malt 0.3 lb flaked malt 8,49 grams hops 2.4 lb fresh peaches, pitted and peeled 2 cups of hot water...

I'm planning to make a Hoegaarden clone (yes me too!) and I read that some people makes a yeast starters out of (commercial) beer bottles. How? Does it work? Do you pour the bottle inside your starter and wait? I'm planning to make a 2 gallon AG batch of beer.

I'm brewing a Peach Wit and I want to know if I need to peel off the skin of my peaches or not? My recipe says yes, but doesn't the skin have a flavor/aromas? I want to collect the more flavor/aromas I can get, so I was about to leave the skin on... :confused:

I thought I could use a "5 gallon paint stainer bag" as a bag for BIAB... but to my great surprise, 5 gallon is not the size of the bag! The bag is smaller.. it's like the half of the size of a carboy (so 2-3 gallon). :( I suppose I'm on my own to make a diy BIAB grain bag out of a piece of...

I'm planning my first AG brewing (or partial-mash). I would like to brew a wheat beer and I want to use Deathbrewer's method: "easy partial mash brewing". I have LME on hand but no Liquid wheat extract. #1 Now I would like to know if monitoring the PH is very important when brewing easy AG...

Has anyone used frozen concentrated juice (example: Fruitopia or 5-alive 355ml can) with successful results for making a fruit beer?

ok, I'm planning a new batch of beer of 3 gallon. I would like to add fruit extract to this beer (or maybe chili peppers, ginger, spices...etc..) so I cut back on aroma hops and flavor hops. Is it a good idea? Should I try it? Here's the recipe so far (based on my inventory): Full boil...

I have a Barley wine in secondary for 3 weeks now and I just had the idea to add spices to the beer. I read you can add spices at bottling but maybe I'll add them 1-2 weeks before bottling. I plan to use Ginger,mixed spices, pumpkin spices and Chili peppers...into separated small batch. Now...

Why do people switch from extract brewing to partial-mash brewing? Is partial-mash cheaper? Does it make better beer?

I'm making a high gravity beer, around 11% alcohol. I read from the book "Homebrewing for dummies" that after 8-9% I need wine or champagne yeast. I was planning to use Nottingham yeast, but now I'm backing up a little..I'm more concerned about the final taste since I have no experience with...

This recipe was originally taken from John Palmer's book "How To Brew", but I made some minor changes (or accidently made some..hehe.. hence;Rev.1). It has some mild sweetness coming from the crystal malt and a nice hoppy flavour. It's hard to describe in words.. Basically, I prefer this beer...

I currently shopping for a brew pot for extract brewing (see link)... but I saw that some of you are using 2 smaller pots, instead of only a big one, for boiling. I suppose the recipe is split in half, but is it a challenge to manage two wort at the same time? (Steeping, Timing, Cooling..)...

I'm currently shopping for a brew pot (for 20L batch). I'm leaning toward finding something inexpensive and on my quest for the best brew pot I made some discoveries.. First I went into a store selling quality restaurant supplies and I found aluminium pots for 50$ and up (20L +). Quality...

Here's my fermentation chiller. The construction of the box is based on the 38dd fermentation chiller by J. Thornton. However, instead of using the regular thermostat, I built my own. Now I could simply use a comparator circuit to trigger a relay, but I really wanted a programmable thermostat...

I was looking for fruit extract for beer and this caught my attention: Flavor Oils, Nature's Flavors : Pure Fruit Flavor Oil They says it's more concentrated than the actual fruit extract and the flavor is 60 000 times stronger than the fruit itself. Sounds like the cheap alternative to the...

I am a homebrewer (and I love it), but I only drink about 1 bottle a week. People that surround me doesn't understand my hobby. I'm curious if there are other people like me. Happy homebrewing everyone!

I'm interested in brewing a "Boobs Barley wine" by Chuck Boyce (from the book Homebrewing for dummies). He won 2nd AHA nationals contest, so that's why I want to try this recipe. Comments are welcome and my questions are below. Malt extract: 12 pounds light malt extract Specialty grain...